STRONG OBJECTION EXPRESSED

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21414, 5 March 1935, Page 12

STRONG OBJECTION EXPRESSED

PRoi'OSKD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL A meeting of householders was called by the Sydenham School ComMii'im i;,..t evening to give the householder:, in the district an opportunity < ;' expressing their opinions regarding ti' • Kducation Board's proposal to < .t.-.-blish an intermediate school in Mslrir Mi-oet. The chairman of the ."i'.odl committee presided over an at-!''::rl;it)r-c (if about 60 householders. Mi' VY. A. Kiunbokl. headmaster of 1:1 ' fh<i<ii, outlined (lie objects of an

)■ ■■; ,-m<--di■M'' school, and explained ■■ h.-ii tile Sydenham School's position vouki be if fiie proposed intermediate .".•h.iol were established. Other speakers l ■•ore.'-ted iirongly against the estabi .-'itm •:< of the school at the expense of the primary school, stating that the i'..-.; of the itfih and sixth standard pup;N \v«,u!d result in the general low'ri'"-", '"' ,n<> sUttus of the primary After discussion, the following mo- '•<-„-,. proposed by Mr J. Wilson, and .-crowded by Mr A. Greenwood, was '•nrnorl unanimously: "That this mcct- •' n of n.M'.jscli-jkiers of the Sydenham •'■'•no"! di.-.t/:ct .strongly objects to the ,-ropo-;d oi the Education Board to •s'abksii oi intermediate school at '' v;i.- ais., decided to approach the : ■ ' i"<lmi-i.-, i.f the Sydenham district, • k, , :; ,- : |;i " r ' ! ! " l-'rotcst against the ' !; -;' ! - -''tin-iii of the proposed intor- ■ .'-"i..ii< .-ejiuol. and, further, to cooler ";','" ; ■ '■einnnurmg districts of the '■■■■ ■ '•'■ ..ureli Smith area, with a view '" oa.ii:.:; ~ public meeting at some •' it'-i'-e U do. 1" nil ' v;o vacancies on the school '■ : ;:ml'e<, an election was held, re- -; !jl ' ;'-'- o'i the appointment of Messrs -'.. Greenwood and J. N. Fitzsimmons.